Three inmates who had are available in contact with the officer have been shifted to the isolation block (File)
New Delhi: Tihar Jail reported its first coronavirus case after a 45-year-old assistant superintendent examined constructive for the an infection on Sunday, jail officers stated.
The assistant superintendent, posted at Central Jail Number 7, is a resident of Staff Residential Complex of Tihar Jail, they stated.
Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel stated the assistant superintendent had taken depart on Friday as he wished to go residence and meet his household however he didn’t present any signs.
However, earlier than leaving, he bought himself examined for coronavirus on May 22 at Amrapali Hospital and his outcomes got here constructive on Sunday, he stated.
According to the jail officers, because the official has examined constructive his contact tracing was achieved by jail authorities and it was discovered that one jail staffer was in shut contact with the assistant superintendent. The staffer has been examined for coronavirus and his outcomes are awaited. He has been quarantined at residence.
While 5 others, together with two different jail staffers, who additionally got here in touch with the contaminated personnel, have been despatched on residence quarantine whereas three inmates have been saved in an isolation barrack, senior jail officers stated.
As a precautionary measure, the contaminated official’s 9 neighbours, who work at totally different Delhi jails, have been requested to quarantine themselves and to not attend duties despite the fact that none of them got here in touch with him, they stated.
All the boys are presently asymptomatic and authorities will preserve a verify on their medical situation, they added.
Till date, 18 individuals from Rohini Jail have examined constructive for coronavirus whereas one other case has been reported from Mandoli Jail after a deputy superintendent examined constructive final week.
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